Iron and folic acid supplementation compliance during pregnancy and its effect on post-pregnancy anaemia among reproductive-age women in East Africa by Melaku Tadege Engidaw, Patricia Lee, Faruk Ahmed

“…We used multilevel mixed-effect logistic regression analysis to identify associated factors with IFA supplementation compliance during pregnancy. …”
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Hip Abduction Strength: Relationship to Trunk and Lower Extremity Motion During A Single-Leg Step-Down Task in Professional Baseball Players by M. Christopher Zipser, Hillary A Plummer, Nathan Kindstrand, Johnathan C Sum, Bernard Li, Lori A Michener

“…Hip abduction weakness may impact movement quality during the SLSD, however the relationships between movement and strength are unclear…”
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A longitudinal cohort study on dispensed analgesic and psychotropic medications in older adults before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study by Tanja Louise Ibsen, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Sverre Bergh, Debby Gerritsen, Gill Livingston, Hilde Lurås, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Bjørn Heine Strand, Richard C. Oude Voshaar, Geir Selbæk

“…Age- and education-adjusted Poisson regression was applied to examine changes in prescription fills, and multilevel mixed-effects linear regression was used to estimate the mean sum of defined daily dose (DDD) per person per period during the lockdown (March–September 2020) compared to that during the corresponding months (March–September) in 2019, 2021, and 2022. …”
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Kinematics, Kinetics and Muscle Activity Analysis during Single-leg Drop-jump Landing Followed by an Unanticipated Task: Focusing on Differences in Neurocognitive Function by Satoshi Shibata, Masahiro Takemura, Shumpei Miyakawa

“… # Purpose To clarify the effect of differences in neurocognitive function on landing mechanics during a single-leg drop-jump landing motion followed by an unanticipated task…”
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Mothers and children without bread. Hunger in the Auxilio Social Cocinas de Hermandad and Comedores Infantiles during post-war Francoism (1939-1940) by Gloria Román Ruiz

“…It is also argued that, beyond the food supply problems of those famine years, the ineffectiveness of the Comedores and Cocinas was often due to the staff who worked in them, as they often used to steal food for their own consumption or to sell on the black market. …”
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The Administrative Structure of Narva and Its Role in Promoting of “Unusual Trade” in Livonian-Russian Borderlands During the 15th and Early 16th Centuries by Valentina A. Yakunina

“…This article focuses on the study of administrative-legal framework of medieval Narva and its influence on development of the town’s economic potential within Livonian-Russian trade. Using the descriptive statistics methods, an attempt was made to reconstruct the Narva’s administrative structure and to present the powers distribution between the town and Order authorities. …”
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Cellular Reconstruction of the Rectal Mucosa during surgical Treatment of Familial Adenomatosis of the Colon: 12 Years after the First Experience of Introduction into Clinical Practice by D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, A. M. Kuzminov, S. I. Achkasov, E. A. Kogan, V. Yu. Korolik, G. T. Sukhikh

“…The patients were surveyed using the SF-36 questionnaire to monitor the quality of their life.Results. …”
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Analysis Winds Data from ASCAT and SAR Backscatter using Statistical and Modeling Methods during Tropical Cyclone Anggrek (2024) in Indian Ocean by Amabel Amedea Santoso Annisa, Wicaksono Ashari

“…This research is expected to help the use of CMOD7D adjustment for wind speed analysis during tropical cyclones. …”
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Weight loss-independent changes in human growth hormone during water-only fasting: a secondary evaluation of a randomized controlled trial by Benjamin D. Horne, Benjamin D. Horne, Benjamin D. Horne, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Viet T. Le, Viet T. Le, Leslie Iverson, Kirk U. Knowlton, Kirk U. Knowlton, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Joseph B. Muhlestein

“…IntroductionWater-only fasting for one day or more may provide health benefits independent of weight loss. …”
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Evolution of aroma compounds in round soy sauce aroma type baijiu during aging and the effect of aging markers on the lasting aroma in finished glass by Shi-Yi Wang, Chen Li, Yu-Jie Li, Guang-Qian Liu, Zhen-Ming Lu, Li-Juan Chai, Hong-Yu Xu, Jin-Song Shi, Song-Tao Wang, Cai-Hong Shen, Xiao-Juan Zhang, Zheng-Hong Xu

“…Soy sauce aroma type Baijiu (SSAB) is a complex blend of seven rounds of raw SSAB, each with distinct aroma profiles that evolve during maturation. Tracking the aging of individual rounds is crucial for understanding flavor development. …”
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Improving children’s cooperativeness during magnetic resonance imaging using interactive educational animated videos: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial by Evelyn Gabriela Utama, Seyed Ehsan Saffari, Phua Hwee Tang

“…We hypothesised that the interactive video is non-inferior to showing two videos (regular and interactive) in improving children’s cooperativeness during MRI scans. Methods: In this Institutional Review Board-approved prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial, 558 children aged 3–20 years scheduled for elective MRI scan from June 2017 to March 2019 were randomised into the interactive video only group and combined (regular and interactive) videos group. …”
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Changes in primary healthcare workforce burnout during and after the termination of COVID-19 emergency response: A one-and-half-year observational study by Xueji Wu, Huihong Ruan, Xiaoying Feng, Chaojun Xie, Ronald R. O’Donnell, Zhoubin Zhang

“…We compared burnout and associated factors between the study periods by using Student’s t-test, Chi test, or Mann‒Whitney test. …”
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Challenges and barriers to physician decision-making for prescribing and deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity in eastern China’s primary care settings: a qualitative study by Ming Yan, Zhijie Xu, Andrew Farmer, Yu Xia, Mi Yao, Lingyan Wu, Xinmei Zhou, Liyan Han

“…Themes were developed using a conventional content analysis approach.Setting 12 community health centers and 8 township health centers across four regions in eastern China were included.Participants 26 PCPs from 20 primary care institutions in eastern China were interviewed through purposive sampling, representing a mix of urban and rural healthcare settings.Results Of the 26 participants in this study, 14 (53.8%) were women, and the mean age was 36.3 years old. …”
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Whole blood transcriptome profiles of trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible cattle highlight a differential modulation of metabolism and immune response during infection by Trypanosoma congolense by Peylhard, Moana, Berthier, David, Dayo, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan, Chantal, Isabelle, Sylla, Souleymane, Nidelet, Sabine, Dubois, Emeric, Martin, Guillaume, Sempéré, Guilhem, Flori, Laurence, Thévenon, Sophie

“…Here, to improve knowledge of the biological processes involved in trypanotolerance versus trypanosusceptibility, we identified bovine genes differentially expressed in five West African cattle breeds during an experimental infection by Trypanosoma congolense and their biological functions. …”
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Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Factors During 90° Change of Direction are Associated to Non-Contact ACL injury in Female Soccer Players by Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Matteo Crepaldi, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of the present pilot study was to prospectively investigate the biomechanical predictors of ACL injury during a COD task in female football players using both gold standard 3D motion capture and a qualitative scoring system based on 2D video-analysis…”
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Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures on Trace Gases (NO2, HCHO and SO2) and Aerosols over India during Pre-monsoon of 2020 by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, D. C. Ayantika

“…Anomalous surface cooling induced lower volatile organic carbons (VOCs) emission and slower VOC oxidation due to absence of high nitric oxide led to decrease in HCHO. …”
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Sequencing effects of small-sided games and high-intensity interval training on physical and physiological performance of young soccer players during pre-season by Kharatzadeh Masoud, Morgans Ryland, Thapa Rohit K., Oliveira Rafael, Faramarzi Mohammad

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The Influence of Herding, Loss Aversion, And Availability on Investment Decision-Making with Fear of Missing Out as a Mediating Variable Among Generation Z Investors by Umi Rahmawati, Surya Raharja

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Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis by O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

“…Renal impairment was most prevalent during the first wave (OR 3.28; 95% CI 1.59 ‐ 6.77), and thrombo‐ embolic phenomena were less common during wave three (OR 0.12; 95% CI 0.02 ‐ 0.91). …”
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Changes in body composition (muscle mass and adipose tissue) among adolescents aged 11–15 from Kraków during the COVID-19 pandemic by Paulina Artymiak, Magdalena Żegleń, Łukasz Kryst

“…The percentage of body fat (%BF) was measured using the bioimpedance method. Additionally, measurements of height, arm circumference, and skinfold thickness of triceps were taken using a skinfold calliper. …”
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